scuTELLARiA. LABIATAE. 751 



hispidulis, sublus v. ulrinq. glabris, floralib. minulis deciduis; racemo laxo; flo- 

 rib. secundis sparsis v. inferiorib. oppositis; calycib. pedicello breviorib,, frucli- 

 feri.5 magnis glabriusculis. O? — Herba tenuis flaccida seraipedalis ramosa. Folia 

 infima parva late rotundala, media sesquipollicaria, obtuse subtriangularia, su- 

 prema minora angustiora, omnia supra pilis raris hispidula, caeterum glaberrima. 

 Racemus nunc sesquipollicaris, ex florum paribus 3 v. 4 saepius constans, inter- 

 dum -^-^-pollicaris, floribus 15-30, basi ramo uno alterove saepius auctus. Folia 

 floralia minutissima linearia, per anthesin decidua v. infima rarius caulinis sub- 

 conformia persislenlia. Caljx glaber, fructifer minus auctus quam in afflnibus. 

 Corollae semipQllicares tenues, galea anguslata, lobis lateralibus eam aequanti- 

 bus, infimo longiore convexo emarginato sinualo. — Sc. Felisberti Nees et Marl. 

 in Nov. act. acad. nat. cur. XI. 77. — Habitat in America aequinoctiali, in Brasi- 

 liae districtu Insulanorum provinciae Bahiensis, in Indiae occidentalis insulis 

 Guadelupa, Sancli Vincentii et in Carracas. 



18. SC. AGRESTIS St. Hil. mss. ex Bth. I. c. 428. — Caule suberecto tenuiter pu- 

 bescente; foll. petiolatis ovato-subrotundis obtusis sinuato-crenatis, basi corda- 

 lis, supra hispidulis, sublus glabriusculis, floralib. minutis subnullis; racemis 

 brevib. simplicib.; florib. vix secundis sparsis. O? — Herba basi ramosissima vix 

 4-6-pollicaris. Rami , petioli et nervi foliorum tomento tenuissimo canescentes. 



^Folia Vi-l-pollicaria, utrinque viridia, pagina superiore pilis longis sparsis hispida. 

 Racemus 1-2-pollicaris. Calyx fructifer valde auclus membranaceus. Corolla 

 coerulea, circiter 4 lineas longa. Ab affine Sc. purpurascente differt corollis mi- 

 noribus, foliis hispidis, caulibus et racemo brevioribus elc. — Habitat in Brasilia, 

 ad San Miguel da Jequilinhonha provinciae Bahiensis. 



19. SC. DISCOLOR Colebr. mss. in Wall. Pl. As. rar. L 66. f — Bth. I. c. — Caule 

 basi radicante folioso adscendenle, superne subnudo; foll. petiolatis ovatis ob- 

 lusis crenatis, basi rotundato-cuncatis, inferiorib. cordatis, floralib, minutis; ra- 

 cemis elongatis, basi subramosis; florib. secundis sparsis. 2|. — Caules cum ra- 

 cemo 1-r/o-pedales, basi foliosi, superne saepius subnudi. Folia r/2-2-polIica- 

 ria, saepius ad basin caulis approximata, rarius secus caulem elongatum dispo- 

 sila, infima et inlerdum omnia cordata, superiora rarius basi cuneata v. angustala, 

 ulrin-que tenuissime pubescentia, subtus nervosa, saepius purpurascentia. Race- 

 mus subnudus semipollicaris v. ultra, flores numerosi breviter pedicellati. Calyx 

 floriger parvus pubescens, squama vix labium superius excedente, fruclifer mem- 

 branaceus. Corolla exlus vix pubescens lenuis, circiter 8 lineas longa. Antherae 

 breviter barbatae. Glandula ovarii parva. Achaenia luberculoso-hispida. — Sc. 

 Indica D. Don, Prodr. fl. ISep. 109. (non Linn.) — Habitat in India orienlali, in 

 monlibus Nepaliae et Silhet. 



Sectio in. STACHYMACRIS Arth. Hamilt. Monogr. 17. - Bth. 1. c. 428. 



Foliafloralia herbacea parva, caulina difformia. Flores racemosi secundi opposili. 



20. SC. INDICA Linn. Spec. plant. 833. — Blh. 1. c. t — Caule basi procumbente; 

 ramis adscendentib. villosis; foll. parvis petiolatis rotundatis crenatis, basi cor- 

 dalis, utrinq. molliter pubesceutib., floralib. minutis; racemo subsimplici denso; 

 florib. opposilis secundis; calycib. floriferis pubescentib. pedicello breviorib.; 

 corollae labio inferiore latissimo. 2j. — Rami semipedales v. vix pedales tetragoni, 

 pilis patentibus villosi. Folia vix semipollicaria, forma iere Glechomae hederaceae. 

 Racemus densior quam in Sc. violacea 3-4-pollicaris. Squama calycis frucliferi 

 valde aucta membranacea. Corolla glabriuscula, 6-7 lineas longa, superne am- 

 pliata. Antherae staminum superiorum vix barbatae. — Habitat in China prope 

 Macao, in Japonia, in Java ad sepes circa Tugu provinciae Buitenzorg. 



21. SC. JAPONICA Morren el Dcne, Ann. sc. nalur. (2. ser.) 1834. II. 315. — Paxton, 

 Magazine of botany X. 123. (c. ic. aen.) — Bth. 1. c. 733. — Caule basi prostralo; 

 ramis ascendentib. quadrifariam puberulis; foll. ovatis obtusis grosse crenalis, 

 basi rotundatis glabris peliolatis, floralib. gradatim minorib.; florib. opposilis 

 laxis; calycib. pilosulis; corollis pubescentib. coeruleis. 2|. — Crescit in Japonia. 



